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Assam Industries and Commerce Minister Chandra Mohan Patwary urged the Central Government for a bilateral trade agreement with Bangladesh in line with the Indo-Sri Lankan Free Trade Agreement which will boost the bilateral trade through land route in North East.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday launched 'Kisan Maan-dhan Yojana' or PM-KMY and urged the farmers to join the old age pension scheme. The Prime Minister also inaugurated various development projects in Ranchi, Jharkhand.

Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Parshottam Rupala visited Birsa Agriculture University (BAU) in Ranchi on Thursday and called upon farmers and agricultural scientists to make Jharkhand an organic State like Sikkim soon

As a benefit to exporters, the Merchandise Exports from India Scheme (MEIS) was introduced in the Foreign Trade Policy of India for 2015-20. The intention behind MEIS was to offset infrastructural inefficiencies and associated costs, thereby making India’s products more competitive in the global market. The benefits available under MEIS are in the form of transferrable duty credit scrips which the exporter can use for the payment of Customs duties applicable on imports.

With export growth refusing to pick up pace, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal will discuss challenges faced by the country’s exporters including lack of adequate export credit, complexities of trade with free trade partner countries, fall in domestic competitiveness and inadequate logistics in a meeting of the Board of Trade on Thursday.

India has invited representatives from countries that are currently negotiating the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) trade deal on September 14 and 15 to discuss ways to strengthen the mega trade deal, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said.

In an address at the CII India China Economic Cooperation Summit, NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar said that India and China have agreed to identify non-tariff barriers and hold regular interactions among various industries to work towards better policies.

President Ram Nath Kovind on Tuesday thanked the Iceland government for understanding India's core concerns as he held talks with the country's president on strengthening bilateral political ties and economic partnership.

Harsimrat Kaur Badal, minister of food processing industries, inaugurated the first mega food park in Telangana on Thursday. Promoted by Smart Agro Food Park Pvt Ltd, it is located in Lakkampally, a village in Nandipet Mandal of Nizamabad District.

The government is contemplating a revamp of the Department of Commerce and certain incentive schemes that fall under it, as it aims at administrative easing to boost exports and domestic manufacturing.

External affairs minister S Jaishankar will prepare the diplomatic groundwork for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s UNGA visit this month and hold bilateral talks with his US counterpart Mike Pompeo on September 30 to further cement Indo-American ties, senior officials familiar with the schedule said on Sunday.

The government is contemplating a revamp of the Department of Commerce and certain incentive schemes that fall under it, as it aims at administrative easing to boost exports and domestic manufacturing.